diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index e6ec2b5733f58..70b59828fffde 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@ pipeline:
     image: webhippie/golang:edge
     pull: true
     environment:
-      CGO_ENABLED: 1
-      TAGS: sqlite bindata
+      TAGS: bindata sqlite
       GOPATH: /srv/app
     commands:
       - apk -U add openssh-client
@@ -29,8 +28,7 @@ pipeline:
     image: webhippie/golang:edge
     pull: true
     environment:
-      CGO_ENABLED: 1
-      TAGS: sqlite bindata
+      TAGS: bindata
       GOPATH: /srv/app
     commands:
       - make test-mysql
@@ -41,20 +39,31 @@ pipeline:
     image: webhippie/golang:edge
     pull: true
     environment:
-      CGO_ENABLED: 1
-      TAGS: sqlite bindata
+      TAGS: bindata
       GOPATH: /srv/app
     commands:
       - make test-pgsql
     when:
       event: [ push, tag, pull_request ]
 
-  updater:
+  static:
     image: karalabe/xgo-latest:latest
     pull: true
     environment:
-      CGO_ENABLED: 1
-      TAGS: sqlite bindata
+      TAGS: bindata
+      FLAVOR: static
+      GOPATH: /srv/app
+    commands:
+      - make release
+    when:
+      event: [ push, tag, pull_request ]
+
+  sqlite:
+    image: karalabe/xgo-latest:latest
+    pull: true
+    environment:
+      TAGS: bindata sqlite
+      FLAVOR: sqlite
       GOPATH: /srv/app
     commands:
       - make release
diff --git a/.drone.yml.sig b/.drone.yml.sig
index a28dfff453872..e1168af1966c2 100644
--- a/.drone.yml.sig
+++ b/.drone.yml.sig
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d09d31ed5f629..63dab1680a725 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ JAVASCRIPTS :=
 
 LDFLAGS := -X "main.Version=$(shell git describe --tags --always | sed 's/-/+/' | sed 's/^v//')" -X "main.Tags=$(TAGS)"
 
-TARGETS ?= linux/*,darwin/*,windows/*
 PACKAGES ?= $(filter-out code.gitea.io/gitea/integrations,$(shell go list ./... | grep -v /vendor/))
 SOURCES ?= $(shell find . -name "*.go" -type f)
 
@@ -102,18 +101,38 @@ docker:
 	docker build -t gitea/gitea:latest .
 
 .PHONY: release
-release: release-dirs release-build release-copy release-check
+release: release-dirs release-windows release-linux release-darwin release-copy release-check
 
 .PHONY: release-dirs
 release-dirs:
 	mkdir -p $(DIST)/binaries $(DIST)/release
 
-.PHONY: release-build
-release-build:
+.PHONY: release-windows
+release-windows:
 	@hash xgo > /dev/null 2>&1; if [ $$? -ne 0 ]; then \
 		go get -u github.com/karalabe/xgo; \
 	fi
-	xgo -dest $(DIST)/binaries -tags '$(TAGS)' -ldflags '-s -w $(LDFLAGS)' -targets '$(TARGETS)' -out $(EXECUTABLE)-$(VERSION) .
+	xgo -dest $(DIST)/binaries -tags '$(TAGS)' -ldflags '-linkmode external -extldflags "-static" $(LDFLAGS)' -targets 'windows/*' -out gitea-$(VERSION) .
+ifeq ($(CI),drone)
+	mv /build/* $(DIST)/binaries
+endif
+
+.PHONY: release-linux
+release-linux:
+	@hash xgo > /dev/null 2>&1; if [ $$? -ne 0 ]; then \
+		go get -u github.com/karalabe/xgo; \
+	fi
+	xgo -dest $(DIST)/binaries -tags '$(TAGS)' -ldflags '-linkmode external -extldflags "-static" $(LDFLAGS)' -targets 'linux/*' -out gitea-$(VERSION) .
+ifeq ($(CI),drone)
+	mv /build/* $(DIST)/binaries
+endif
+
+.PHONY: release-darwin
+release-darwin:
+	@hash xgo > /dev/null 2>&1; if [ $$? -ne 0 ]; then \
+		go get -u github.com/karalabe/xgo; \
+	fi
+	xgo -dest $(DIST)/binaries -tags '$(TAGS)' -ldflags '$(LDFLAGS)' -targets 'darwin/*' -out gitea-$(VERSION) .
 ifeq ($(CI),drone)
 	mv /build/* $(DIST)/binaries
 endif